Denver’s Havok have been deservedly flying high on the success of their excellent 2011 album Time is Up, their impressive debut album in 2009’s Burn, and a busy touring schedule. They’ve built Read more […]
Sophomore releases can make or break a band and I thank the metal gods above that Warbeast do not disappoint with Destroy. The raw and viciousness of their self-titled debut in 2010 took many by surprise Read more […]
An album that is two years already, meaning it’s getting the ‘ole “reboot,” The Aura is the debut effort from French Canadian technical death metal mongloids Beyond Creation. Anyone with even an Read more […]
Reign in Blood was so short that you could put the entire running order on both sides of a cassette. It’s one of the nostalgic factors behind a release than many feel to be thrash’s and Slayer’s finest Read more […]
Now past the pivotal third album stage and without the unfortunate specter of deceased bassist Mike Alexander hanging over them, British thrashers have come back with a beyond-thrash album in the form Read more […]
“Folksy melo-death” is what Suidakra does, having produced one of the style’s more impressive albums in the form of 2003’s Signs for the Fallen. Said album proved the Germans could handle venturing outside Read more […]
Impossible for Norway’s Leprous to not learn anything as Ihsahn’s backing band. Aside from his unparalleled musical abilities, Ihsahn has developed into quite the composer during his post-Emperor days, Read more […]
When one door closes, another one opens, especially in the case of Sirenia leader Morten Veland. Leaving Gothic metal veterans Tristania in 2000 due to musical differences, he put Norwegian act Sirenia Read more […]
Dedicated to Fenrir, the Norse mythology character who was a giant wolf that broke free of its chains and proceeded to swallow the sun and moon, Arckanum’s Fenris Kindir has all the hallmarks of a traditional Read more […]
Two big points of concern: 1.) No Bill Ward; and 2.) How much will this sound like an Ozzy solo album? The reference point for that is the two songs Sabbath tacked onto their 1998 Reunion album, “Psycho Read more […]
Louder Than Hell – The Definitive Oral History of Heavy Metal is yet another stab at trying to tell metal’s story. Authors Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman have taken the less-traveled approach by using Read more […]
Hailing from the wonderfully chocolate-y, powdered sugar-coated mountain caps of Switzerland, Mumakil has emerged with a new record that is cocked back and ready to blow the face off of everyone and anyone Read more […]
Named after the song of the same name on Septicflesh’s 1999 Revolution DNA album, Chaostar the side project of SF guitarist Christos Antoniou. Since most side-projects are the end-around way of putting Read more […]
Reviewing an album by a band called Drunk Dad over Father’s Day weekend might be applicable for some, but not this scribe. Old Man Gehlke was never one to imbibe very much, but man, we sure had a good Read more […]
Katatonia’s Jonas Renkse has proven throughout his 20+ year career that he’s come to master the profound art of saying just the right thing at the right time. For some (including this scribe), he’s Read more […]
The elusive duo of Silenius and Protector have already cemented their career with the back-to-back pairing of 1999’s Stronghold and 2001’s Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame. With a sound that is designed Read more […]
What hardcore should sound like if its constituents decided to grow up and get out of the tough-guy box, Suicide Black Snake is one rather obvious summation of Integrity’s recent sonic adventures. Main Read more […]
Off the bat, Trials shouldn’t be unsigned. While the rest of their fellow Chicagoans get signed for what amounts to note-burping, Trials is a unique commodity in a city that has gone down the sludge Read more […]
Symphonic metal has characteristics that appeal to both genders: bombast and classical elements standing side-by-side with conventional electric instrumentation to create this multi-pronged sonic layering Read more […]
Aaron Stainthorpe revealed to this scribe late last year that extras from the Map of All Our Failures sessions would be appearing at some point in 2013, and lo and behold, here they are in the form of Read more […]
One of the pioneers to craft classic 80’s power metal, multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Jon Oliva has always displayed dynamic versatility when it comes to his recordings. Be it dark and sinister for Read more […]
Sabbath, Sabbath everywhere. The upcoming release of the band’s comeback album 13 has put the lads from Birmingham firmly back in the spotlight for what in essence, should be their final studio recording. Read more […]
You have to admire Nuclear Blast’s decision to sign Austin, Texas based rockers Scorpion Child. Classic 70’s rock is definitely making a big comeback and a band like this basks solely in the glory Read more […]
Lord would easily be double, or even three times the size they are now if they weren’t from Australia. Not to knock our friends from the Land Down Under (Blistering.com scribe Justin Donnelly would probably Read more […]
Tesseract said much through the Perspective EP last year, as much in what it lacked as what it contained. Gone were the screams and endless bouts of needless pummeling so many bands like to indulge in. Read more […]
A bit of a curious release considering the band’s last studio album Icarus was released last year, Insurgent is a compilation to celebrate the 20-year mark for Dew-Scented. Now, there might be some punters Read more […]
The accompanying presser with Tetragrammaton states: “There is nothing funny about death metal. Wrong!” Well, sometimes death metal is unintentionally funny, like certain songs on Morbid Angel’s Read more […]
Probably the top practitioners of Norwegian death metal (remember when Jack Osbourne called Meshuggah the same thing?), Blood Red Throne have endured a difficult time keeping their profile afloat on this Read more […]
The product of The Omega Experiment’s Cody McCoy (DR had to do a quick double-take to make sure it wasn’t former Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy), Černá is an instrumental outfit that takes Read more […]
The first official release of any kind with Richie Faulkner in place of KK Downing, Epitaph in its present context, is a misleading title. You see, Priest was supposed to call it a day after this tour, Read more […]
